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In 0.26 we see Pants with the list of the 12 Seleçaos mobiles, and while No.2, 11, and 12 signals are still on, No.10 signal is off, being only No.4 and 5 ones the other signals off.

Spoiler for movie:

He broke it before the start of the first movie, and went into hiding. (But shows up at the end of the movie to let No.2 and the audience know what he did.) A broken phone - the screen is basically disconnected from the keypad, so the phone can't be turned on at all - means he can't contact Juiz, and basically can't participate in the game anymore...for the moment, anyway.

@ your more recent post - thanks for posting that! I hadn't read enough support materials to recognise the name...though I might not have recognised it anyway...

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Some major spoilers on these scans, taken from Animage January 2010 issue:

Spoiler for Movie I spoilers:

First movie:
- Daiju Mononobe (Selecon #1): After the missile crisis, he is assigned by the Japanese police Public Security Dept to begin an internal investigation of the Eden of the East group, who has been involved with Akira Tanizawa's activities. Using his connections with the government, he intends to pass the "100% Inheritance Tax Bill" in order to combat Akira's plan with the NEETs.
- Jintarō Tsuji (Selecon #2): Begins to make his move, by making Tanizawa the main figure of a major trend and idol. He is responsible for marketing Tanizawa as the "Air King", with advertisements and merchandise depicting Akira's pose while averting the missile crisis. Ultimately plans to have Tanizawa sacrificed as a martyr and hero of Japan.
- Kuroha Diana Shiratori (Selecon #11): Motives unknown. Allies herself with Tanizawa. Later attacked by Mononobe.
- Taishi Naomoto (Selecon #6): First appearance in this movie, he suddenly appears to Akira and Saki, claiming to help Akira's goals. He intends to film the "ideal movie" with Akira and Saki as the main characters.

I hope we get soon the scans regarding the Movie II. They will be in the next Animage which is out next week, won´t it?

I'll never know why people would wanna hunt for spoilers instead of just waiting and recieve the story in the same way as the natives to (go into it more or less blind)
I'm sure it makes things more interesting.
And you have 2 outta 3 correct btw

I assume pple will fansub the movies as the licence afaik is for the series.
But after finishing this series now, I'd say Funi has some serious work to do translation and mobile messages wise.
Movie 1 dvd comes out on 24th, so most likely by early April, something will pop out.

(If any tl'ers wanna take up the challenge of dealing with Kamiyama style philosophy...) x.x;;;;

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have any of the movies so far been released in english? either subbed or dubbed?

Can we hit people with a 'broken record' stick by the way? xD
Read the posts above.
The first movie DVD comes out on 24th, so if there's no DVD, how do you expect any subs to come out?
Not to mention, that the American version probably still has a long way to go with the TV series in itself...

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Originally Posted by Mystique

Can we hit people with a 'broken record' stick by the way? xD
Read the posts above.
The first movie DVD comes out on 24th, so if there's no DVD, how do you expect any subs to come out?
Not to mention, that the American version probably still has a long way to go with the TV series in itself...

also sorry about the stupid question must of missed that post anyway cheers for the info mate.

Lol, someone has uploaded from the same movie guide that I've uploaded a few pics for you, but I deliberately did not choose those 3 because, those were the *gasp, oh my gosh!* shots when i read the guide before I went to see the movie (I bought it while waiting for the next show)
It's a shame to be honest that you're hunting for these, of course it's gonna make it "even harder to wait for the movie", the natives didn't even get this until they went to see the movie and bought the guide themselves.
*Just sighs and shakes her head*

I'll pm you the answers, cause with this 'review' of mine for the entire series of EotE that I'm about to post, I've only tossed in mild spoilers and left the more sensational ones for you guys to enjoy when it gets subbed.
That's the kinda person I am when it comes to anime/entertainment, the wait and not knowing makes it all the more sweeter when you see it occur on your screens, which is why I deliberately made my weekly posts on the series vague.
I'm just that kinda gal.
But no doubt someone else who cares less will translate that movie guide and reveal all for you desperate vultures who seek to spoil yourselves

Higashi no Eden (EotE) Review (anime + movies)

NB: This is only but 1 person’s interpretation of the series, so given the way it ended, I have a feeling that it’ll receive a mixed response, but here’s my two pence. ^^

Intro:
Jan ’09 saw news in the grapevine of a never before seen collaboration between two renowned artists, coming together from opposite ends of the anime genre. Kenji Kamiyama, known for his work regarding Ghost in the Shell (GITS) and Chika Umino, known for her illustrations with the series Honey and Clover.
This saw two separate audiences coming together to enjoy an original series (as written from Kamiyama’s mind, this time last year) – quite refreshing from the usual moe, harem or typical shounen/fantasy series that comes out season after season.

Plot Summary:
So the trailer presents a naked man walking in front of the white house with a gun, 10 billion yen on digicash and a wiped memory.
Sounds intriguing enough…

The story is of the 11 days spent with Akira Takizawa and Saki Morimi, his wiped memory placing him on the same level as us, the audience. The further he investigates the more he finds out about the game that he’s caught up in.
Using a “magic-mobile”, the chosen 12 named ‘Selecao’ have to “save Japan with 10 billion yen”, as ordered by mysterious entity only known as Mr OUTSIDE.

And so the TV series (11 Eps) sees us meeting the Selecao in turn, each with their own ideologies of how to spend the money given to them. There are conflicts along the way as well as ongoing questions that Akira discovers as he continues to piece together his memories.

On the side, Saki and the Scooby gang (Eden of the East members), eventually team up and support Akira in his quest. The further they go, the more they get caught up in what does end up becoming a political intrigue which goes as far as challenging their very own government.
The TV series is merely a prelude to the real story which presents itself in the two movies.

The movies

Spoiler:

Movie 1
This sees Saki flitter around New York, searching for Akira who had once again wiped his memories and left Japan. Once they meet up the story then reveals more about Juiz and the Supporter’s origins’ within this game, via the actions of the other Selecao.Movie 2
With more questions than answers, this seeks to conclude the game and tie the main loose strings together at the same time by digging into Akira’s past via searching for his mother as well as hunting the main man himself, Mr OUTSIDE.
A winner is decided and the game does end.

The good:

Spoiler:

As mentioned before, this quite unique collaboration brought about a visual feast for the eyes in terms of character and background design. The story itself being quite original, takes us into a world and a game that clearly displays Kamiyama’s brilliance for his imagination within the sci-fi, thriller realm.

The system and rules of the game with the Selecao was pretty well developed and provided many tense, yet exciting moments during the series (ep 7 being the highlight of this series for me) and the movies as the Selecao try to get one over each other, while being able to keep tabs on what the other is doing as well.
The distinct different personalities of the Selecao were also enjoyable; it was nice to see such contrasting ideologies trying to achieve their sense of ‘right’, under the conditions that they were placed under.

For me personally, Akira not focusing too much on romance with Saki was good. (Sees the H&C fans frown here, lol) – Honestly I was well gutted when he passed out, inches from kissing Diana, if only Saki had walked into that scene instead. xD
But in all honesty, with such a diverse cast list and an urgent task to achieve, 11 eps and 2 movies doesn’t really allow for too much drama, so the balance there was good.

Mameshiba is the damn cutest thing ever!

Kamiyama’s use of foreign talent
This truly made me feel all warm and giddy, especially with movie 1 (which you guys should be able to see in a couple of weeks)
To have a British band for the OP of the series and actual American VAs playing the roles of the New Yorkers, only to see Japanese subs in a Japanese anime really does make blink twice in a ‘wha!?’ – It does bring some of the funniest, most hilarious moments of this series for me as well.
But I loved it, I do hope that international collaboration like that increases over time. <3

The bad:

Spoiler:

It's just 11eps and 2 movies for such an original, well planned, deep story with a wide and fun cast list. It was too short and some areas (like the Selecao’s identities or development) greatly suffered.
We have no idea who #7 is and #3 and #8 make no more than a brief appearance in the last movie, so I couldn’t help but personally think of it as a waste of potential interesting characters and history with this game (especially with #3).
I guess my main draw to this anime was to do with the game, Juiz and getting to the goal however as the story makes its way through the movies, it begins to place that as the ‘side point’ of the overall moral or ‘message’ of this tale.
The game was just a method in an attempt to solve the real problem at hand…

Too many loose ends, I have a sneaking suspicion that since Kamiyama delayed the second movie and added 30mins more to it, that he himself may have felt that he needed one more movie to properly wrap things up.
There is no real closure to this series; it’s one of those typical Japanese:
“Life goes on, this is the conclusion for the present time but the fight still continues.”

And so the second movie only focuses to give us that conclusion while discarding many other characters or scenes that were left to the side from the series and the first movie.
It doesn’t quite leave one satisfied and for me, that was a slight disappointment.
(I also couldn’t help but think ‘Buffy!’ when I saw how this game was resolved)
When the second movie comes out over the summer, maybe some of you will get what I mean by that reference.

Johnny!
Seriously, I dunno what he was smoking or if he has some ‘hidden’ political message but seriously, I don’t think it served any particular purpose save for comedy with Akira’s dick and the 20k naked Neets, but the other references just made zero sense. ><;;
(Also for the movie buff in the staff of this series, I’d like to shoot you in the balls for making my translation of this series pure hell and having to live off IMDB)
- Okay so the last points are my own personal irks with this series as a translator.

Characters:

Spoiler:

Akira: - Hmm, my like for him lessened somewhat as the movies came. I think I liked this ‘dark, mysterious persona’ more, but he ends up being a real self-sacrificing guy who wants to save ‘everyone’ and fights the good fight. It’s because of this quest of his that he doesn’t really give Saki the attention that she craves (fine with me, lol) – but it’s kinda sad to see her constantly chasing him, ‘hoping’ that he’d catch on.
(He’d kiss any girl to make them feel better, lol)
He's very "Que Sera, Sera" about the entire thing, an aloofness which could prove annoying for some.
(The only thing he's truly passionate about was beating up Mr OUTSIDE it seems)

Saki: My personal dislike for her doesn’t decrease in the movies at all. Rather, as I dubbed her ‘Johnny-whipped’ from episode 1.
If I had to be “nice”, I’d give her credit for flying across the world and doing just about anything for the man she loves, standing up for him, defending him, not faulting him and so on.
Some could see that as pure naivety, others as ‘how courageous!’, but she truly does nothing much for me as the heroine in this tale, save to serve as the narrator for the series.

Osugi: I liked this dude, emphasised with him in ep 6 and was soooo happy to see him shine in the movies, that I just thought:
‘Ha, to hell with all you Osugi haters, just cause it potentially breaks up your wishy-washy SakixAkira fantasy!’
When the movies were done, he definitely earned respect from me.
For a girl he sincerely adores but has to stand by and watch her chase and devote herself to this mysterious stranger while totally disregarding him and potentially placing herself in danger, his actions were commendable.

Diana (selecao 11)
I fell in love with her from the get go before she even appeared on the screen. She's ruthless, deadly, sexy and has class. (and is somewhat psycho, lol) - but I love her.
Selecao 6 - This dude... I'm not sure what he was on, but he'll probably make you split your sides during movie 1 when you see him.

PS: Mr OUTSIDE is kinda cute
(No, I do not have an old man fetish, lol) - but it was a passing thought when I saw him at the end.

Conclusion:

Spoiler:

What starts off as being a potentially action packed fantasy thriller with a touch of romance on the side, does continue as such for a while, but if you picked up a change of atmosphere and feel with the series come episode 10 when Mononobe gets on the scene and they start to break this game down and figure out the technology and reasons behind it all, that’s what the movies focus on.
It gets real heavy with more philosophical and political notes, as is Kamiyama’s trademark (see GITS), and so you’re left with a series that would work well for a media studies course or a good debate to hash over.“If you were given 10 billion yen, how would you improve this country?”

None of us would want to be politicians, but I’m sure most of us aren’t too happy with some of the laws in our countries.
I personally suspect that he uses the NEETS to personify that dissatisfaction and whether this is something reflected from the Japanese society at present, I’m not sure, but I did sure leave the cinema feeling somewhat pensive.
Makes me wonder how Funimation will interpret and translate such a multi-layered movie with messages possibly embedded for the Japanese audience.
I’ll confess and say that the Japanese was so heavy that on raws alone, I’ve missed a lot of info, so there are probably interpretations about these movies that are incomplete.
I’ll need a bunch of subbed releases myself to get the complete picture, so good luck to any team who wants to take these movies and make it a genuine, decent release, (as opposed to a sloppy speed-sub just to get it out there for numbers sake).
You'd be robbing yourself of genuinely enjoying the anime should a poor fansub comes out where you 'kinda get the gist' of it.

Piccie presents:
(These are from the movie guides, that I bought when I went to check it out, the pictures below are from the 2nd movie guide (the first being somewhere in my room) – I’ve no scanner, so could only snap as best as I could.
-Click on the thumbnail then picture twice for it to blow up and zoom.

Spoiler for movie spoilers:

- Movie book 2 cover - The Selecao 12 - Picture shots from the OP for movie #2 (felt like was tripping on e with this) :\

Overall however, the series is definitely a breath of fresh air, given what comes out lately. It was something new, innovative and perhaps daring at times as well as comic and fun at times.
In addition, the ‘romance’ in this series is somewhat quiet, mature yet heartfelt.
Not a series that I’m going to sing praises for but I would recommend it, should someone wanted to try something out of their usual watching habits.
Out of 10...hmmm a 7.5 from me.

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Honestly I feel like this series is wasted potential. The setting is so interesting yet I felt like the scenes were not properly planned out. What's up with Johnny's I wasn't aware that's what NEETs are nick-named in Japan. I felt like a lot of scenes were worthless in the first anime that doesn't contribute to the development of the characters or the plot, nor does it help create comedy. If only they took out those scenes and replaced them with things that actually make sense or give the series enough time to include the events of the movie.

I didn't really understand why Akira brain-washed himself again. It didn't seem right, nor did it contribute to the plot, it just felt like I had to waste time to see these two characters meet again. Yet the mysterious of Akira is already gone since we know the guy, didn't help at all. I didn't understand why he was in New York either, I know his last command was to become "king", which he did figuratively. But why is he in New York? Why did this command LEAD him to New York? Is there really a reason he should be in New York? Does it actually contribute to the plot or anything? Why couldn't he just end up some place in Japan? Did we really have to go through all that for him just to go back to Japan again?

Saki is also a very worthless character. She has like, absolutely no point in the entire series. She's like a romantic interest that really isn't, she doesn't develop anything between Akira. At the end of the series she some what does when he grabs her hand again, oh wow, then he brainwashes himself again. What the hell is her point!? Is she here so that the audience an relate to her because she's like an average jane? I'm not relating to her at all. It would be another thing if she was a NEET(like a freaking hardcore one), and was truly influenced by Akira.